National Motorsport Week (UK) - 30 June to 8 July. Starting with The Goodwood Festival of Speed and ending with the Santander British Grand Prix at Silverstone National Motorsport Week is a celebration of British motor sport and a chance for everyone to get involved in every level of motor sport with local teams, clubs and events in their area.

World Rubber Day – September 12 – In September 1909, the chemical engineer Fritz Hofmann received a patent for inventing the first "method for manufacturing artificial rubber." To mark the 100th anniversary of this patent, the German specialty chemicals company en:Lanxess organized the first "World Rubber Day" in September 2009.